CVE-2023-36787
High
Published: 21 August 2023
Published
21 August 2023
Modified
01 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0435
89.2th percentile
Risk Priority
20
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2023-36787 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Chromium. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 10.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-40730
Vulnerability details
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
microsoft
edge chromium
≤ 116.0.1938.54
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
addresses: CWE-416
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.